The difference between affect and effect is so slippery that people have started using "impact" as a verb instead. Most of the time, you'll want affect as a verb meaning to influence something and effect for the something that was influenced. Put another way, a government that can't produce change won't be able to produce surprises it will be predictable. "Did you have a significant effect on the development of some strain of philosophy that profoundly impacted the world?" ( Made You Up)Īdding to the confusion, effect can also be used as a verb to mean "to produce or to cause to come into being." Here's an example that uses it correctly:Ī government unable to effect any change is a government that will produce no surprises.
The downed power line had an impact on some power customers: they were without electricity overnight.Įffect is most commonly used as a noun meaning "the result or impact of something, an outcome." If there's "a/an/the" in front of it, it's an effect. It means to influence something, such as in the headline from the Albuquerque News:
You can't affect the creepy poem by reading it, but you can enjoy the effect of a talking bird. Think of Edgar Allan Poe and his RAVEN: Remember A ffect Verb E ffect Noun. Choosing between affect and effect can be scary.
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